In chapter 16, the previously mentioned seven plagues are poured out upon the earth upon the wicked which the verses say they are worthy of. Another translation is they get what they deserve. Evil spirits gather together to work great miracles and the place where they gather is Armageddon, which in Hebrew is Har Megiddo or the mound of Megiddo. Megiddo was a fortress city at the western end of the Jezreel Valley between Galilee and Samaria. Many ancient battles were fought there and its name is attached to the great last battle of this world. Today, Megiddo is a large mound that is being excavated by archeologists.
The seven plagues to be poured on the wicked are:
1. A grievous sore
2. Sea of blood
3. Rivers and fountains changed to blood
4. Scorching heat
5. Darkness and pain
6. Unclean spirits unleashed
7. Earthquake and hail
A last great earthquake (five are mentioned in the scriptures) will occur that will be the greatest the earth has seen. It will be so large that the tectonic plates of the earth will shift to the degree that the continents will come back together and unite as one land mass as they originally were. This is when islands and mountains will be no longer be as they were.
Revelation 17
John was shown the great whore of the earth, represented by a woman, which is the devil’s church or kingdom, or the combined forces of evil. 1 Nephi describes the kingdom of the devil as “all churches which are built up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh, and those who are built up to become popular in the eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the flesh, and the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity.” (1 Nephi 22:22-23) The woman is wearing scarlet and purple, a color that represented royalty but also identified things that are evil and sinful. A scarlet robe was placed on the Savior when the Roman soldiers mocked him.
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